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In a speech that stirred political controversy in two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway between Iran and the United States would "all but guarantee" that Tehran gets nuclear weapons to the detriment of the entire world.

Revelers in glitzy costumes filled the streets of New Orleans for the annual fat Tuesday bash, opening a day of partying, parades and good-natured jostling for beads and trinkets tossed from passing floats, February 17, 2015.

Giddy fans of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots chanted "Brady! Brady!" and clambered atop massive snowbanks for better views as players danced and waved their way through Boston in a Wednesday, February 4, 2015 parade celebrating their fourth NFL title.

A crowded commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a suburban New York crossing and burst into flames, killing six people, seriously injuring more than a dozen others and sending hundreds of passengers scrambling for safety, authorities said.

A sea of blue uniformed officers crowded around a Brooklyn funeral home Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 to honor Wenjian Liu, 32, shot in the head with partner Rafael Ramos, 40, on Dec. 20, 2014 as the pair sat in their patrol car.